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EA buys ThreeSF and Rupture

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As previously rumoured, EA's gone ahead and bought gamer social networking site Rupture and parent company ThreeSF.

ThreeSF was set up by Shawn Fanning, one of the original Napster guys.

No financial terms were disclosed, but $30 million is the figure that refuses to go away. Read more on the LA Times.

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